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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7815019 | Braking mechanism The present invention provides a braking mechanism comprising a brake cable set, a spring, a connector, a pair of brake shoes, a brake band, a base, and a brake drum. The brake cable set makes the connector move downwards upon braking, such that the connector couple... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7757819 | Braking device for child seat A braking device for a child seat is provided. The braking device comprises a first and second braking rods (20a, 20b), first and second braking pins (30a, 30b) and a braking pedal mechanism (40), the br... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7537093 | Brake device for pushcart A brake device for a pushcart includes a rotary lever rotatable on a base between first and second positions and biased to the first position. A cam member is rotatable within the rotary lever, and has a convex portion and a concave portion. A braking pin is dispose... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7383925 | Brake assembly for a stroller A brake assembly for a stroller includes left and right braking mechanisms, a connecting member, and left and right operating members interconnected to each other through the connecting member so as to move in opposite directions when operated. Each of the left and ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367432 | Brake device for pushcart A brake device for a pushcart includes a main movable member disposed movably within a main seat, an auxiliary movable member disposed movably within an auxiliary seat, and a connecting member interconnecting the main and auxiliary movable members. The main movable ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7316298 | Wheelchair safety brake assembly This invention relates to gravity reactive braking systems. According to the invention there is provided a brake system to control speed in a forward direction for descending inclined surfaces and a brake system for controlling rollback when ascending an inclined su... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290641 | Brake device for power tool A brake device for a power tool has a brake assembly, a bearing portion, a pinion and a gearbox. The brake assembly includes a brake base, a cover, a first throttle cable, a second throttle cable, a brake-activating block, a brake-guiding pillar, a brake band and a ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281611 | Bicycle handbrake conduit structure The present invention provides an adjusting tube on an end of the brake cable conduit, which is composed of rotating first and second tubular bodies. At where the first and second tubular bodies are joined, they are configured to have symmetrical and matching indent... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273225 | Reversible baby stroller with brake structure A reversible baby stroller with a brake structure includes a handlebar having an actuated member. The flexible wire is connected between said actuated member and either the front or the rear of the brake mechanism. The said actuated member, therefore, can control th... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261190 | Reaction lever for a parking brake A lever for moving first and second brake shoes into engagement with a drum to effect a brake application. The lever has a first end connected to the brake shoes and a second end with a tine fixed thereto to which a cable is connected to apply an input force to effe... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255206 | Shopping cart brake Shopping cart brakes slow or render a shopping cart immobile. A brake lever has one end pivotably connected to a clamp that is attached to one end of a vertical member of a shopping cart adjacent to its handle. Two brake cables are enclosed by brake cable housings a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7222874 | Rear wheel synchronous brake system for pushcart A rear wheel synchronous brake system used in a pushcart such as a baby jogging stroller is disclosed to include two rear brakes respectively coupled to the two rear wheels of the baby jogging stroller, a hand control unit mounted on the handle of the baby jogging s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219918 | Stroller having a brake device A stroller includes a brake device. The brake device includes a control cable having a controlling end that is disposed on a stroller frame. The controlling end is operable to move a driving seat on a wheel seat to a braking position along a straight path. When the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7175004 | Wheel simultaneous brake mechanism and caster rotation preventing mechanism having simple mechanism A wheel simultaneous brake mechanism for simultaneously braking two wheels includes two respective engaging members that are selectively movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position for selectively braking or releasing the two wheels. Each engaging ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7140697 | Electric parking brake apparatus When a driver operates an activation switch, an electric parking brake apparatus performs a parking brake activation control in order to operate an electric motor until the tension of a base wire reaches a predetermined target tension to thereby bring parking brakes... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7059452 | Brake assembly for a stroller A brake assembly for a stroller includes left and right braking mechanisms, a connecting member, and left and right operating members interconnected to each other through the connecting member so as to move in opposite directions when operated. Each of the left and ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055836 | Immobilizing mechanism of a baby-walker An immobilizing mechanism of a baby-walker includes an upper part up and down movably fitted to a lower frame of the walker, a base connected to a lower portion of the upper part in an up and down displaceable manner, and a button fitted on the lower frame; the uppe... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044498 | Rehabilitation stroller A rehabilitation stroller comprises a handrail portion, a front leg portion, a seat and rear leg portion and a backrest portion. The backrest portion is connected to the handrail portion by a clip and an adjusting member such that an angle of the backrest portion wi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032718 | Wheelbarrow brake system A brake system for a wheelbarrow includes a plurality of elongate mounting brackets having opposed end portions connected to the frame of the wheelbarrow and an axle passing through the wheel, respectively, so that the plurality of mounting brackets become disposed ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025364 | Combined stroller, walker and play station A stroller has a pivotable seat which may be latched at any rotational angle desired. In addition, a support tray positioned beneath the seat can be folded into a stored position and the height of the support platform adjusted to accommodate the height of the baby o... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7014203 | Kick stand assembly for a baby stroller A kick stand assembly for a baby stroller includes a first link and a second link respectively connected to a rear post of the baby stroller and a kick stand has one end pivotably connected to the first link and the second link is pivotably connected to a mediate po... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000936 | Bicycle having internally routed control cables An internally supported cable system control for a bicycle that does not interfere with the steering mechanism and does not require the structural integrity of the bicycle frame to be compromised. In the disclosed internal cable system, the control cables are routed... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6945366 | Anti-theft vehicle system An anti-theft vehicle system for a vehicle wheel having a rotational axis includes a linear actuator disposed within the vehicle wheel for operatively engaging and disengaging an interior surface of the vehicle wheel to resist and allow rotational movement of the ve... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929100 | Wheelchair wheel lock A wheelchair wheel locking assembly comprises a first wheel stop having an actuating lever for operating a first wheel-engaging member. The first wheel stop is operably connected to a second wheel stop via a continuously flexible linkage, whereby actuating the first... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6843349 | Trolley wheel mechanism A trolley wheel mechanism has two caster wheel assemblies each having a pair of wheels mounted on a rotatable housing. In a free mode the wheels are free to both rotate and to swivel. This is caused by the user pressing a release pedal. In a unidirectional mode a re... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6834747 | Variable leverage ‘V’ type bicycle brake This invention provides one variable leverage V type bicycle brake which includes two swinging arms, two friction bodies, one cable connection part, one brake cable and one adjusting device. One end of each of the two swinging arms is set on the bicycle frame and th... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6817451 | Brake system for a running stroller A brake system for a running stroller includes a pair of brake devices respectively secured to a pair of rear support rods of the stroller and controlled by a hand lever through a first steel wire, a synchronizer and a pair of second steel wires, when press the hand... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6802400 | Braking device for straddle-type all-terrain vehicle A braking device for a four-wheel buggy including rear swing arms which are attached to a vehicle body frame such that the rear swing arms can swing vertically, an axle shaft attached to the ends of the rear swing arms, and wheels disposed one at each end of the axl... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6742791 | Stroller with spring-biased brake pins A stroller includes a frame assembly with a pedal-mounting rod, on which a brake pedal is mounted rotatably. When the brake pedal is turned downward, a coupling mechanism activates two resilient elements to bias two brake pins to project from two pin holes in two mo... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739616 | Foldable three-wheel baby carriage with a shock-absorbing function A foldable three-wheel baby carriage includes an operation device mounted on the horizontal section of each of the two push bars, a front shock-absorbing device mounted between the front wheel and the two front frames, two rear connecting devices each mounted betwee... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6725978 | Cable joining system for cycles An auxiliary braking system for supplementing an existing bicycle braking system is disclosed. The brake wire of the auxiliary braking system is removably secured to an existing primary brake wire, so that the actuation of the auxiliary braking system causes the mai... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6702306 | Pushchairs A pushchair of the type which includes a chassis which is born upon one or more primary wheels on a primary wheel bearing axis, the chassis further having one or more forward and/or rear secondary wheel(s) or stabilizer(s) that in normal use of the pushch... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6648107 | Device for operating a parking brake Apparatus for a lever (6) for controlling a parking brake including brake units and an electrically driven tightening means for applying or releasing a braking force on the said brake units. Characteristic of the invention is that a means is arranged to d... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6598712 | Braking device for baby carriage The present invention relates to two braking devices employed in a baby carriage. The braking device includes a braking base, a braking wheel, a pad, a pad surface, a stop node and a linkage set. The linkage set connects to two braking devices. When the u... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6561537 | Stroller with a resistance providing unit A stroller includes a stroller frame, a wheel unit mounted on the stroller frame, a resistance providing unit mounted on the stroller frame for providing resistance against rotation of the wheel unit, and a resistance adjusting member connected to the res... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6513629 | Brake cable-connecting apparatus for drum brake A brake cable-connecting apparatus for a drum brake, having a simplified structure and designed to permit a cable end to be steadily seated on a brake lever, thereby providing improved durability of an inner cable, and to further positively holds a brake ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6409187 | Brake system for a cart A brake system for a movable cart, such as a tool cart or the like, including a brake mechanism for inhibiting rotation of at least one wheel of the cart, a brake release mechanism, and an actuator for manually actuating the brake release mechanism. The b... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408990 | Settling device for stopping movement of baby car by inhibiting rotation of wheels A settling device of a baby car for stopping the movement of the baby car by inhibiting the rotation of the car wheels is disclosed. The settling device of a baby car includes a button portion for providing therethrough a user's operation, and a pivot por... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6382364 | Wheel of a baby walking cart A wheel for a baby walking cart has wheel parts fitted to two sides of a support member with an axle being passed through the central holes of the wheel parts and an elongated hole of the support member. The axle is also passed through a tubular slide mem... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6374954 | Baby walker speed control caster A baby walker speed control caster. The speed control caster includes an axle piece, a pair of wheels symmetrically provided at either side of the axle piece, and a ball. The axle piece is provided with a pivot hole, a through hole, and a pivot shaft. Eac... | 04/23/2002 |
